News from School of Nursing & Health Studies

Category: Alumni

June Altaras, MN Alum, Receives Seattle Business Magazine Award

Seattle Business magazine has named June Altaras, Masters of Nursing alum, Outstanding Health Care Executive for the Puget Sound Region. Altaras is the Swedish Seattle Chief Executive and System Chief Executive for Acute Care. She also leads a newly formed system acute care operations council, serves on the boards of several Seattle-based organizations, the Northwest Healthcare Response Network, and the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

May 11, 2016

Nurses Week 2016: A Message From Our Dean

It's National Nurses Week! Join us in celebrating the contributions of all nurses and the important role they play in health care and our lives. Our Dean, David Allen, has shared a message for his fellow nurses - please click the "read more" button to continue to his message.

May 11, 2016

Alumni Update: Eleanor Marsh Trujillo, Nursing

Eleanor Marsh Trujillo, UWB Nursing alum, is one of this year's outstanding nurses honored at the UW Seattle School of Nursing's annual Nurses Recognition Banquet. Eleanor has been awarded the Distinguished Diversity Advocate Award.

April 20, 2016

Alumni Update: Aimee Desrochers, Health Studies

Aimee Desrochers graduated from the Health Studies program at University of Washington Bothell in 2014. Since graduation she has worked as a Volunteer Research Assistant at VillageReach gaining a better understanding of sustainable health systems development.

April 15, 2016

Alumni Update: Janelle Cruz, Health Studies

Janelle Cruz, Health Studies alumna, says, "the Health Studies major at UW Bothell has prepared me well for my current classes in the global health department." Janelle is currently a part-time research assistant and an MPH candidate at the George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health.

March 30, 2016

“Leadership Lessons with June Altaras”

Our cohosted event, "Leadership Lessons with June Altaras" was a huge success! On January 19, the School of Nursing and Health Studies partnered with BOLD to host a conversation on Care, Compassion, and Community with June Altaras, Chief Officer at Swedish & MN alum, and our Dean, David Allen. Thank you to all who participated!

March 1, 2016

Partnerships In Community Health

Please join us for the Winter 2016 BNURS 409 Poster Presentation showcasing the work of nursing students in the UW Bothell, RN to BSN program. In this course, students learned to analyze, apply and evaluate health care activities of local, national, and global communities. Working closely with community partners, students worked in groups to apply community health nursing principles to promote and maintain population self-care. We are proud to invite community partners, faculty, students and the interested public to this event.

February 29, 2016